Matt Brookman The Jacket

Matt Brookman The Jacket
The Jacket was one of the first movies we watched in class. The first scene in the movie was a little too much for me to handle. I think it was just very alarming for the first scene. The main actor in the movie seems to be going through some sort of torture and not knowing what was going on made the first scenes hard to watch. It was a lot to do with the director and the way certain images were used. The main character would be placed in a straight jacket and placed in a drawer where he experienced an ecstatic state, or an out of body experience. He dreaded going into the draw until he went through some form of transformation. He was motivated to go back in the draw to save another person. The ecstatic state was similar to Shamans and the choice to save others before yourself was similar to the actions of Jesus. Overall I thought the film was exciting and kept you wondering the whole time.